Combined folding box and paste board



March 20, 1928. 1,663,525 J. W. ROUNDS COMBINED FOLDING BOX AND PASTEBOARD Filed July 19, 1927 I 2 Sheets-Sheet.

INVENTOR. Jo/m M/Fazmds BY M WM ATTORNEY.

March 20, 1928. 1,663,525

J. W. ROUNDS COMBINED FOLDING- BOX-AND PASTE BOARD .7. 1d I I INVENTOR]J69 F John/#Qounds,

ATTORNEY.

Patented lVlar. 20, 1928.

UNITED STATES JOHN. w. nonnns,

OF BOSCOBEL, WISCONSIN, ,ASSIGNOR OFDNE-HALF T0 J. W. ANDERSON, 0FBOSCOBEL, WISCONSIN.

COMBINED romance Boxnnnrasm Bosnia.

Application filed July 19,

My invention relates to a combined folding box and paste board, for useby paperhangers.

' In'accordance with my invention, I provide a folding box, adapted toreceive theimplements used by a paperhanger. When the box is opened andinverted, it is adapted to function as a paste. board. The sides oredges of the box sections have notches to detachably lock with elementsof a folding trestle, whereby the board can not slip or move withrelation to the trestle. The trestle is readily separable from thefolding box. The edge of the board, provided with the straight edge, formarking and cuttingpaper, is rendered rigid throughout its length, and,therefore, can not yield centrally. By this means a ruler applied to thepaper, in marking, will securely hold the paper to the board, againstslipping. I also contemplate a board extension, to be employed inworking with extra wide paper. 1

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andin which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughoutthe same,

Figure 1 is a perspective viewof the box unit, showing the same closed.

Figure 2 is a similar view showing the same opened, serving as a pasteboard,

Figure 3 is a transverse section taken on line 3-3 of Figure 2,

Figure 3' is a side elevation of the apparatus used as a paste board andsupported by trestles,

Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of the box element, opened,

Figure 5 is a transverse section taken on line 55 of Figure 1,

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the extension board,

Figure 7 is a transverse section taken on line 77 of Figure 4, thehorizontal bar of the trestle being shown for the purpose ofillustration, and,

Figure 8 is a detail section taken on line 8-8 of Figure 7. V

In the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration, is shown apreferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral. 10 designates a boxmember as a whole, which is preferably twelve inches wide, when closed,and six or seven feet long. The box member embodies a board or strip 11,and a side strip 12, arranged inwardly of or beneath the 1927'. SerialN10. 206,928.

board or strip 11, adjacent the side 12, constitutes a straight edge,and is covered with a metal shield l i, suitably secured thereto. Thebox member is provided with a cover 15, formed of a board or strip, andthis cover is provided at its inner edge with a side strip 16, disposedinwardly of the same and rigidly attached thereto. This side stripcoacts with a side strip 17 arranged inwardly of and adjacent to theedge of the board 11, and rigidly attached thereto. The side strips 16and 17, Figure 5, are positioned opposite the side 12. The side strips16 and 17 are pivotally connected by hinges 18 or the like.

The board 12 is preferably provided with transverse reinforcing stripsorcleats 19, disposed upon the inner side thereof andrigidly attachedthereto, while the cover 15 has transverse reinforcing strips or cleats20 disposed upon the inner side thereof and rigidly attached thereto.The board 12 is provided upon its inner side with a longitudinaldivision strip 21, and a transverse division strip 22, which ispreferably movable.

The numeral 23 designates an extension board, preferably six inches wideand six or seven feet long. This extension board is provided upon itsinner edge with pins 24, for insertion within openings 25 formed in theedge of the cover 15. The extension board is also provided with pins 26,arranged at a right angle to its face and projecting downwardly belowthe lower face. These pins are adapted for insertion-within openings 27,formed in the top of the board 11, whereby the extension board may bedetachably mounted upon the top of the box unit when the same iscollapsed, as clearly shown in Figure 5.

When the device used as apaste board, it is supported by trestles 28including horizontal bars 30. These trestles may be of any well known orpreferred type. I

When the box unit is closed, as in Figure 1, it is adapted to receivethe various implements of a paperhanger. When it is used as a pasteboard, the box and cover sections are swung to the open aosition, andinverted. The connecting I'OCS 30 of the trestles 28 are inserted withinthe notches 31. The trestle thus supports the paste board and the boardcan not partake of longitudinal movements with relation to the trestle.The outer edge of the box element,eo,uipped with the side 12 andstraight edge 14 is rigid against downward flexing, and hence a rule maybe employed in marking the paper, and the papermay be cut, without theliability of the paper slipping from the straight edge. Boards of thistype are usually six or seven feetlong, and ordinarily considerablyflexible at their center. This flexibility renders the proper markingand cutting of the paper difiicult. By rendering the outer edge of thebox element stifi' or rigid against flexing. the difficulty is overcome,and the rigidity is imparted to the box element by the reinforcing meansand not by the trestle. In cutting extra wide paper. the extension boardor strip 23 is employed.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention, herewith shown anddescribed, is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and thatvarious changes in the shape, size, and arrangement of parts may beresorted to without departing from the spirit of my invention, or thescope of the sub joined claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

A combined folding box and paste board, comprising a box memberincluding a bottom strip and av side rigidly attached to the bottomstrip at theouter edge of the bottom strip and serving to reinforce suchedge and render it rigid against vertical flexing, a cover for the boxmember, a side strip attached to the cover at the inner edge thereof, asecond side strip attached to the bottom strip of the box memberadjacent to the inner edge of the same, hinges connecting the first andsecond named side strips so that they are superposed when the cover isin the closed position, said side being of substantially the same widthas the combined width of the superposed side strips and extendingthroughout the-entire interior depth of the box member whereby it hasthe maximum rigidity for the given interior receiving capacity of thebox member, said side strips having transverse notches arranged neartheir ends and extending through their tree faces, said notches beingadapted to receive horizontal top bars of trestles, said side extendingdownwardly below the side'strips when the device is used as a pasteboard and serving as guide means for the horizontal bars of thetrestles.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature.

JOHN w. ROUNDS. i

